r/hackernews is a subreddit with 101k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and news, and the community frequently discusses hate, worst, ask hn, struggling, and programming.
A mirror of the front page of Hacker News.
Popular Themes in r/hackernews
#1
Ideas
: "Scaling Golang CI by Replacing actions/setup-go"
28 posts
#2
News
: "AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran"
9 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market"
4 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "PCB is brought to you by Fable 5"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/hackernews
#1
Hate
16 posts
#2
Worst
12 posts
#3
Ask Hn
10 posts
#4
Struggling
10 posts
#5
Programming
8 posts
#6
New
6 posts
#7
Annoying
6 posts
#8
Ai
6 posts
#9
Job
5 posts
#10
Tired
5 posts
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Yearly
+9k members(9.9%)
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Last updated: September 18, 2026